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2011 Caldwell Hula Around the Pool-a April 9 & 10, 2011

The Caldwell Swim Club, Stingrays are sponsoring the 2011 Caldwell Swim Club Hula Around the Pool-a, USA Sanction #11-05. On Saturday, April 9, 2011 and Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the College of Idaho Aquatic Center, 2112 Cleveland Blvd., Caldwell ID, 83605. Each swimmer may enter 3 events and 1 relay each day. All age group swimmers entering the meet must possess a 2011 USA Registration; see invitation for complete eligibility information.

Please return your entries to Janice Favillo [email protected] by March 30, 2011. Please submit one check (for swim entries) per team payable to Caldwell Swim Club- P.O. Box 125, Caldwell, ID 83605.

Entry Fee: $21.00 per swimmer Caldwell Swim Club Hula Around the Pool-a April 9 & 10, 2011

Hosted By Caldwell Swim Club

Type Invitational. All events will be timed finals.

Sanctioned By All events held under approval of USA Swimming and Snake River Swimming, Inc., Sanction# 11-05. In granting this approval, it is understood and agreed USA Swimming shall be free from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of this meet (202.2.7)

Date Saturday and Sunday, April 9 & 10, 2011.

Location College of Idaho Aquatic Center (formerly Albertson College of Idaho) 2112 Cleveland Blvd Caldwell, ID 83605

Meet Referee Bill Trask 15138 Kings Row Road Caldwell, ID 83607 Phone: home (208) 459-7995 Email: [email protected] Protests will be handled in the manner described in Section 102.11 of USA Swimming Rules and Regulations.

Meet Director Valerie Favillo 4594 W. Maricopa Drive Eagle, Idaho 83616 (208) 939-8028 [email protected]

Meet Entry Chair Janice Favillo 15576 Cupid Drive Caldwell, ID 83607 208.459.4749 [email protected]

Officials We appreciate the help of certified officials from other clubs. If you know of an official attending the meet, please have them contact the meet director prior to the meet entry deadline.

Timers Each team will be assigned lanes to time in. There will be a sign up sheet for timing shifts for all teams at the computer table. Teams will be expected to sign up before the meet begins. A schedule of assigned lanes will be listed in the heat sheet.

Eligibility All age group swimmers must hold current USA registration cards. Swimmers age will be determined by his/her age on the first day of the meet, April 9, 2011.

Facility/Training Facilities: (a) The competition pool has not been certified in accordance with USA Swimming Rule 104.2.2C(4).

(b) The minimum water depth, measured in accordance with Article 103.2.3 is 13 ft at the start end and 4 ft at the turn end. (The start end for the 25 yard events will be at the 4 ft with the finish end at 13 ft depth)

(c) Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, must be certified by a USA Swimming coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.

Meetings COACHES: There will be a mandatory coaches meeting 15 minutes prior to the start up of each warm up session. OFFICIALS: There will be an officials meeting 45 minutes prior to the start of each swimming competition session.

Meet Format This meet will be swum as timed finals. Swimmers will swim in pre-seeded heats as designated in the sheets posted at the meet.

Schedule Warm ups: Sat and Sun 11 & Under - 7:45-8:15am; 12 & over - 8:15-8:45 am.

Start: Saturday and Sunday: 9:00.

We reserve the right to alter event lineup as necessary to comply with the four-hour rule. We reserve the right to combine events as the referee sees fit. During warm-ups split lanes (to be posted) will be available by age.

Rules of Conduct Current USA Swimming rules will govern this meet. Snake River Swimming, Inc. safety guidelines and warm up procedures will be followed. This will be posted and is included with this invitation. No diving or backstroke starts will be allowed from the blocks or pool deck during warm-ups. Racing starts will be allowed in designated sprint lanes the last 15 minutes of warm-ups. Meet marshals will be on deck during warm-ups. This is a no card meet except for relay and the 500 & 1650 free. The 500 & 1650 free may be deck seeded as one event and may, at the discretion of the meet referee, be swum fastest to slowest, without regard to age and/or gender but will be scored separately according to age group and gender. All 500 & 1650 free swimmers must check in with the Clerk of Course 30 minutes after warm ups. All 500 & 1650 free and 400 IM swimmers need to supply their own timers and lap counters.

Short course rules with short course time standards will be followed. All events are timed finals. Coaches are responsible for getting swimmers to their event; their will be no bull pen. Coaches should report all event scratches prior to the start of each day.

Deck entries WILL NOT be accepted. Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. If we do not receive verification signed by the swimmer’s coach with the entries, the swimmers will be required to start from the water.

Entries Saturday & Sunday – All swimmers may enter three (3) individual events and one relay event. NO TIMES ARE ACCEPTED. Enter in short course yard times only. Entries may be submitted on an attached file via email [email protected] by those teams using the Hy-Tek. If submitting via email, a printout and proper fees must also be submitted by the entry due date (March 30, 2011). Entries must include the following information: swimmer’s name, age, team, team code, USA Swimming registration number, event name and number, and best time in short course yards. A signed Statement of Verification must be included with the team entry, indicating that all swimmers entering the meet are registered with USA Swimming. Relay only swimmers must be on the master swimmer list and all fees paid.

Entry Deadline All entries are due by March 30, 2011. Submit entries to the Meet Entry Chairman (listed on page 1). DECK ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Entry Fees: There is an entry fee of $21.00 per swimmer ($3.00 timing system,$1.75 SRS travel fund, $2.50 pool rent, $1.00 zone fee, $12.75 awards, admin, and hospitality).

Make check payable to: Caldwell Swim Club. One check per team MUST accompany entries.

Scoring: Individual/Challenge Events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Relay Events: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

Awards: Relay Events: 1st – 3rd Ribbons Individual Event 1st – 6th Medals Awards: 7th – 12th Ribbons

Miscellaneous Concessions will be available. Hospitality room will be available for coaches and officials. Restriction on chairs being placed adjacent to exit doors.

Accommodations: Best Western Caldwell Inn and Suites 208.454.7225 Exit 29 off I-84

La Quinta 208.454.2222 Exit 29 off I-84 Order of Events

Caldwell Hula Around the Pool-a Saturday, April 10, 2011 Warm-ups: 7:45 am – 8:45 am Meet Starts: 9:00 am

Girls Boys 1 8 & Under 50 Backstroke 2 3 9 & 10 50 Backstroke 4 5 11 & 12 50 Backstroke 6 7 13 & 14 100 Backstroke 8 9 15 & Over 100 Backstroke 10 11 8 & Under 100 Free Relay 12 13 10 & under 200 Free Relay 14 15 11 & 12 400 Free Relay 16 17 13 & 14 400 Free Relay 18 19 15 & Over 400 Free Relay 20 21 8 & Under 100 IM 22 23 9 & 10 100 IM 24 25 11 & 12 100 IM 26 27 13 & 14 200 IM 28 29 15 & Over 200 IM 30 31 8 & Under 50 Freestyle 32 33 9 & 10 200 Freestyle 34 35 11 & 12 200 Freestyle 36 37 13 & 14 200 Freestyle 38 39 15 & Over 200 Freestyle 40 41 8 & Under 50 Breaststroke 42 43 9 & 10 100 Breaststroke 44 45 11 & 12 100 Breaststroke 46 47 13 & Over 200 Breaststroke 48 49 8 & Under 25 Fly 50 51 9 & 10 50 Fly 52 53 11 & 12 50 Fly 54 55 13 & 14 100 Fly 56 57 15 & Over 100 Fly 58 59 11 & Over 500 Freestyle 60 61 11 & Over 1650 Freestyle 62 Order of Events

Caldwell Hula Around the Pool-a Sunday, April 9, 2011 Warm-ups: 7:45 am – 8:45 am Meet Starts: 9:00 am

Girls Boys 63 8 & Under 25Freestyle 64 65 9 & 10 100 Freestyle 66 67 11&12 100 Freestyle 68 69 13 & 14 100 Freestyle 70 71 15 & Over 100 Freestyle 72 73 8 & Under 100 Medley Relay 74 75 10 & Under 200 Medley Relay 76 77 11 & 12 200 Medley Relay 78 79 13 & 14 200 Medley Relay 80 81 15 & Over 200 Medley Relay 82 83 8 & Under 25 Backstroke 84 85 9 & 10 100 Backstroke 86 87 11 & 12 100 Backstroke 88 89 13 & 14 200 Backstroke 90 91 15 & over 200 Backstroke 92 93 8 & Under 25 Breaststroke 94 95 9 & 10 50 Breaststroke 96 97 11 & 12 50 Breaststroke 98 99 13 & 14 100 Breaststroke 100 101 15 & Over 100 Breaststroke 102 103 9 & 10 50 Freestyle 104 105 11 & 12 50 Freestyle 106 107 13 & 14 50 Freestyle 108 109 15 & Over 50 Freestyle 110 111 11 & Over 200 IM 112 113 11 & Over 400 IM 114